Music-holder.



No. 65|,559. Patented lune I2, I900. D. STEIN.

MUSIC HOLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 189B.)

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No. 65l,559. Patented lune l2, I900. D. STEIN.

MUSIC HOLDER. (Application filed Au 17, 1898.

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DANIEL sTEIN, on-Nnw YORK, .N. Y.

MUSIC-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,559, dated June 12, 1900.

Application filed August l7,1898. Serial No. 688,765.

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To (LZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL STEIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Music-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding music, whether such devices are in the form of a self-contained device, such as what is known as a music-stand, or attached to a musical instrument, such as a piano.

My invention consists in the combination, with such mechanism, of certain improvements in means for holding sheets of music or the like securely in position thereon and for turning over the leaves of same when so desired.

The said invention further consists in the arrangement of parts whereby in a two-part folding stand having a headpiece detachable from the pedestal the headpiece shall carry the turning-levers and the pedestal the trip therefor, such arrangement obviating the necessity of any mechanical connection being made other than that caused by the simple engagement of the parts when the two portions of the stand are assembled.

My invention further consists in a certain novel arrangement of the connection between the operating-treadle and the escapementtrip, and my invention also consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement and combination of parts, as shall hereinafter be more fully described.

The objects of my invention are to permit a music-holder so equipped to be closed up into as small and compact a compass as possible, to facilitate the setting up of the device and the adjustment of sheets of music thereon, to simplify the means for turning the leaves, to render the device adjustable for different heights, and generally to simplify the mechanism and reduce the cost of construction of the same.

I will now proceed to describe a device embodying my invention and will then point out the novel features in claims.

Figure 1 represents a front view of a musicstand provided with a leaf-turnin g device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cen- Figs. 7 and 8 are details.

offset to one side,

tral section through a portion of the pedestal. Fig. 4 is a detail view, on a larger scale, of a portion of the music-stand head, showing the music-turnerlevers in edge view and a portion of the pedestal in central section. Fig. 5 is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a central section of the same parts, of section being taken at right angles to Fig. 4 and in aline with the center of the pedestal. Fig. 9 is a view of a blank from which one of the levers may be struck up. Fig. 10 is a detail view of one of the levers detached. Fig. 11 is an end view of the same. Fig. 12 is a rear view of the levers and the escapement-trip, showing their relation to each other. Fig. 13 is a diagrammatic view of a modification.

Similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Reference character 8 designates the pedestal as a whole, and 9 the head. The pedestal is composed of three telescopic tubes 1O, 11, and 12 and a tripod-support 13. The tripod-support is held in relative position to the lowest tube of the pedestal by stays 14: and a locking detent or pawl 15. The tubes of the pedestal are maintained in their extended position bymeans of a suitable friction device.

The mechanism so far described is old and known in the art, it being on the market, as the well-known Hamilton telescopic musicstand, and I merely select it as one of the many forms of stand to which I may attach my music-turning device.

As used at present the entire stand will close up and'fold into a very small compass. It will be seen that the use of my attachment will not interfere in any way with this folding up and will in itself take up but very little extra space.

To the top of the upper telescopic tube 12 I secure a casting 16, which surrounds the tube, but preferably leaves the top open. The casting is provided with a projecting lug 17, as shown, and bent backwardly at an angle. The head 9 of the stand the line is supported upon this projection. The head 9 I have shown is also of the Hamilton telescopic music-stand and is adapted. to fold, with the pedestal and support, into a small compass. I have attached a rod 18 to the central back plate of the head and caused the and 7.

same to be spring-pressed by the springs 19 19 against the same. For simplicity of construction I have bent the ends of the rods and passed them through orifices in the back plate and then riveted on washers, against which the springs are adapted to press. The music may now be held firmly in the center by this clamping-rod and the leaves still be free to turn.

2O 20 designate a series of m usie-turner levers pivoted with their axes in a line with the clamping-rod 18. stationary one, is secured to one of the basepieces, as 21, of the head 9. The levers are spring-pressed from right to left by springs 22 and are provided at their ends with clips 23 and preferably with wire extensions 24. These wire extensions are pivoted, as at 25, to the levers and are held in position by their engagement in notches 26 in one member of the clips, all as clearly shown in Figs. .4, 5, The levers are also provided with finger-pieces 27 27, (be.

When it is desired to close up the musicstand head, the wire extensions 24 may be swung down so that they are on a line with the levers, but extending beyond them, and the levers then allowed to close up along the base-piece 2].. The head may be now removed from the pedestal and closed up in the ordinary way, as will be seen. The music-leaf turners will not in any way interfere with such closing up and will hardly take up any appreciable space.

With reference now more particularly to Figs. 4, 5, G, and 7, reference character 28 designates a trip or escapement having a portion 29 fitted within the top of the tube 12 and adapted to slide therein. A pin 30 passes through the tube and the slotted hole 31 in the shank of the trip and performs a double function in limiting the longitudinal movement of the trip and entirely preventing any rotary movement thereof. A spring 32 bears between the lowerside of the trip and the upper side of a hollow washer held securely within the tube and presses the trip normally upward. The trip has a neck 33 and two engaging surfaces 34 and 3 These engaging surfaces are offset from each other and are connected bya web of metal 36 outof line with them. The upper engaging surface 35 is provided with an overhanging projecting port-ion, preferably and here shown as a spring-actuated stop pawl or dog 37.

WVhen the lower and upper parts of the stand are assembled, as shown in the d rawings, the upper portion of the trip carrying the engaging surfaces 35 and 34 passes through a hole 38 cut in the base-piece 21, and the engaging surface 34, which is an extension of the neck 33, engages with the lugs 89, with which each of the levers 20 is provided. The trip in this way holds the levers from movement under tension of the springs 22.

Reference character 40 designates a chain which is attached to the lower side of the trip The pivotpin, which is a l 28 and which passes through the telescopic sections of the pedestal. It is attached by means of a clamp 41 to a treadle or footpiece 42 pivotally connected with one leg of the tripod. The clamp 41 is adjustable, and the chain is of such length that as the pedestal is adjusted for different heights by loosening the clamp the chain may be also so adjusted.

The friction devices 43, which consist of pieces of soft rubber adapted to spread the ends of the tubes which have been cut up a short way to permit of this, may have a hole through them and be provided with a short thimble of tubing of required size to preserve the contour of the orifices and through which the operating-chain may pass.

The modus opercm'zcli is as follows: The pedestal and tripod is firstset 'up into position and adjusted to the required height. The clamp 41 on the treadle 42 is then attached to the chain 40 at the required point, so that a depression of the treadle will pull the trip 28 down against the pressure of its spring 32 the full distance permitted by the slot 31. The head is then placed in position on the pedestal and retained by its engagement with the lug 17 of the supporting-casting 1G. The trip 28 meanwhile has passed through the orifice 38 in the base-piece 21 and extends above the same. The finger-pieces 27 of the levers 20 are now grasped, and the levers swing over from the left to the right side of the head against the tension of their springs 22, and at the same time the trip is drawn down and the levers come into position with their lugs 30 in a plane between the two engaging surfaces 34 and 35 of the trip. The trip is now released and the tension of its spring drives it upwardly and causes it to engage with the lugs of all the lovers, the action of the stop-pawl 37 permitting this movement. The levers are all now locked into position, and the device is ready to receive the music. The music maybe inserted behind the clamping-rod 18, so that the same is firmly held in position by it in the middle thereof. The leaves that are de sired to be turned are now attached to the levers by means of the clip 23, the wires 24 being inserted between or at the back of the leaves as a reinforcement. A depression of the treadle 42, and consequently of the trip 28, will cause the trip to descend until the pawl 37 on the upper engaging surface 35 strikes the edge of the lug 39 on the topmost lever. The lug by this time will have slipped from against the lower engaging surface 34 to against the upper engagingsurface 35. \Vhen the trip 28 is released and rises to its original position, the top lever will swing around, carrying with it the sheet of music to which it is secured. It will do so by reason of the lug thereon passing through the space between the two engaging surfaces and the lever being thus released. By this arrangement it will be seen that two levers can never be acciden tally released at the same time, but that it will take two positive operations to release from a pedal 44:

them. At the same time when it is desired to return the said levers two or more may be engaged at the same time in the manner previously stated.

I wish it to be understood that I do not intend to confine myself to the particular style of stand shown; neither do I intend to confine myself to a folding stand, as my device is equally applicable to a rigid stand, though for reasons previously stated it is particularly adapted to a folding stand. Furthermore, my device may be used, if desired, in connection with a music-holder attached to a musical instrument, such as a piano or organ, instead of a separate device. I have shown a diagrammatic view in Fig. 9 illustrating a simple manner of adapting my device for such use. In this figure my device is operated through a system of levers and connecting-rods 45 4:6 47 in such a manner that the music-holder maybe swung outwardly or inwardly without interfering with the action of the device.

What I claim is- 1. In a music-holder the combination with a pedestal and a headpiece detachable therefrom, of leaf turners consisting of levers spring-actuated in one direction and pivotally secured upon the headpiece, said levers having devices for engaging the leaves to be turned, and an escapement trip mounted upon the pedestal and arranged when operated to release said levers one by one.

2. In a music-holder the combination with a hollow pedestal and a headpiece detachable therefrom, of leaf-turners consisting of levers spring-actuated in one direction and pivotally secured upon the headpiece, said levers having devices for engaging the leaves to be turned, and an escapement-trip mounted upon the pedestal and arranged at each reciprocation to release one of said levers, a connecting member secured to said trip and arranged within said hollow pedestal, a treadle secured to the lower end of said connecting member, whereby said trip may be moved in one direction, and a spring arranged to move the trip in the opposite direction.

3. In a music-holder the combination with a pedestal and aheadpiece detachable therefrom of leaf-turners spring-actuated in one direction and pivotally secured upon the headpiece, and an escapement-trip mounted upon the pedestal and having a movement transversely of the plane of movement of the lovers, whereby it may be depressed out of engagement with all the levers, thus permitting a free and complete movement thereof, but that it shall be adapted to engage, in one movement, all the said levers when raised for such engagement substantially as specified.

4. In a music-holder the combination with a pedestal and a headpiece detachable therefrom of leaf-turners spring-actuated in one direction, and pivotally secured upon the headpiece, and an escapement-trip mounted upon the said pedestal and having engaging surfaces adapted to engage with all of said levers, said trip having a movement transverse of the plane of movement of the levers,- and provided witha projecting portion adapted to strike successively the levers to be re leased, such constituting a variable limitingstop, to permit an increasing movement of 'the trip upon each reciprocation and the re-' lease of the levers one at a time, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a folding musicholder of a device for clamping or holding the music at the medial line, said clamping device being secured to the back plate of the head portion of said music-holder, and a series of leaf-turners, consisting of levers pivoted at the medial line to one of the folding base-pieces of the head portion of said musicholder, said levers being adapted to swing around in a line with said base-piece, and then fold up along with the same, of means for operating the said levers as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with a folding musicholder having a detachable folding headpiece,

telescopic pedestal, and a collapsible folding tripod-support, of a device for clamping or holding the music at the said medial line said clamping device being secured to the back plate of the said head portion, a series of leaf-turners, consisting of spring-operated levers pivotedat the medial line to one of the folding base-pieces of the head portion of said music-ho1der, said levers being adapted to swing around in a line with said basepiece, and fold up along with the same, of an escapement-trip carried by the pedestal adapted to engage with the aforesaid levers, to release them one at a time, a chain or cord secured to the trip, and passing down through the telescopic pedestal, a treadle pivotally secured to the said folding tripod-support, and adapted to fold up with same, and a clamp carried by said treadle and adapted to be secured to the said chain or cord substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I hereby affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL STEIN.

lVitnesses:

D. HOWARD HAYWOOD, HARRY V. Goss. 

